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The Orlando Massacre: Tackling Islamophobia in America

Author

Haleem, Irm

Date of Issue

2016-06-15

School

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Abstract

The mass murder of 50 people in an Orlando gay nightclub by an Afghan-American in the name of ISIS raises questions about terrorism as a consequence of intolerance. Ostracising Muslims as a suspicious collective dehumanises them and perpetuates radicalism.